Design Project Archive

2023 - 2024

Wheelchair Umbrella: Creating an automatic, functional, and user-friendly umbrella device that protects wheelchair users from the rain.

Mouth Stylus Holder: Creating an assistive device that allows individuals with quadriplegia or tetraplegia to independently interact with tablets or other touchscreen devices​

Desktop “Little Room”: Building a 3-sided structure for children with significant (visual) impairments that can be used as an activity space to improve movement and play​.

Sensory Enhanced Embroidered Books: Providing visually impaired children affordable books and a reusable spine through the use of sensory enhanced graphics while focusing upon play, behavioral models, and positive childhood development within storytelling.

Flow Limiting Sipping Cup: Designing a modular flow-limiting cup for use by individuals who have difficulty swallowing liquid.

Accessible Library Technology System: Developing a game-like solution akin to typing games, fostering muscle memory for efficient navigation using JAWS.

2022 - 2023

Wireless Switch: Creating a viable large-button wireless switch that provides a bigger target for users and is activated with light pressure while being more affordable than commercially available switches.

Bike Steering: Creating a comfortable bike-riding experience without the need for external assistance for individuals with hemiplegia pressure while being more affordable than commercially available switches.

Early Inclusive Play at the Experimental Education Unit: Designing an interactive playmat that utilizes electronic elements and different forms of feedback to engage children both with and without disabilities.

Sports Wheelchair Transport Mechanism: Creating a lightweight, low-cost, and easy-to-use device for wheelchair athletes that can fit through most doorways and be fit in cars and public transport.

Switch Accessible Card Games: Creating a simple, universal, user-friendly, and affordable device that allows individuals with motor disabilities to independently hold and play cards.